Should I send my august born child to school in sept?

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My son will be 4 this august and is expected to start primary school in September, at 4years and 1 month.

He has been allocated a good school. He is very young and never been away from me he will struggle. He is likely to be very distressed. He won't eat or drink. He will cry a lot.

So I want to send him the following year which by law I can do.

But......the council have said if I do that he will have to go to any school where there is a place in year 1, unlikely he will get into one of the better schools.

I'm very confused, and would feel bad sending my son to school knowing he is upset and crying for me.

And I would hate to send him to crappy school miles away the following year.

Some good advice please, be sensible.

Thanks in advance
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Peezer · Answer

If he cries for you as you say then he is too young. Why start him in any school when he isn&#x27;t ready? He will be slower than all his classmates and will be very uncomfortable. Wait a year as you planned. So what if he doesn&#x27;t go to the best school? He will be ready, will enjoy it more, learn better and it will be a better experience for him overall. The choice is obvious. Good luck.

Anonymous · Answer

If you know that in the long run, the good school would be better and your son will succeed there, choose the better school because that can make all of the difference. Also if he is not sent this year, he will have become accustomed to your presence and will cry more when he is separated the following year. Finally, if the good school is closer to your house/ workplace than the other school, you could always visit during the day.

? · Answer

I was born in August and I started school when I was four. Of course; I will graduate next year at age 16 (crazy, I know)instead of 17&#x2F;18 yrs old. I did exceptionally well, being a year younger than everyone else, and I&#x27;m even at the top of my classes- all honors. Hey, I started learning from an early age! I never had any problem with it; I mean yeah sure I was attached to my mom and cried going into the kindergarten classroom, but don&#x27;t all kids? It&#x27;s just something to get over, because sooner or later he is going to be fine on his own :) Being young doesn&#x27;t effect much, nobody teases you, and nobody even knows unless you tell them. I think it will be simpler for him to go this year instead of next, due to mileage for one, and for two, to get it over with! You will stress over it for yet another year. I wish you luck!

Anonymous · Answer

I am an August baby, I started school in January rather than September, I don&#x27;t know if that possible anymore, but I was very eager to start school with everyone else. My brother is also an august baby, he started school in the September and he struggled for a few days but was happy to go to school after he had settled down as he made friends and the length of the school day was slowly introduced. Hope that helps a little!

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